Sunday, July 7, 2013

FAMILY TIME

Before moving to the city, I lived in the country.I rode horses, helped work cattle, competed
in rodeos, cleaned out the barn and all sorts of other farm related
activities.I was constantly on
horses.After moving to the city in
2007, my time of riding was cut down drastically.I mean to nil.On rare occasions, I would get on a horse at
my parents for about 5 minutes and be done.But a couple of Saturdays ago, I went down there with the primary reason
to ride.Luckily my lovely and generous sister
Amy let me ride her horse Obie, since I have not had a horse of my own in about
6 years.And I must say, I did not
forget how to ride!!Yay!Got on the horse correctly, did not fall off,
sat correctly when loping and remembered how to barrel race the right way.I rode 30+ minutes and had so much fun.My parents and 6 yo niece Morgan rode their
horses too.It felt like old times –
which translates into fun and wonderful times with family.

Here are a couple of pics of my parents, my niece and I
on our horses.Mama’s horse is named
Bucket, my dad’s is Shinbone and Morgan’s is Monkey.*My dad has always had a penchant for naming
horses and dogs unusual names.;-)

Also, yesterday (7/6/13) I was able to spend quality time with Amy
and Morgan – though not enough quality for any of us, it was still great to hang
out with them!JThey came to Atlanta from a small country town and
according to Morgan the drive up was not good because of all the traffic here.Haha!We went to lunch, shopping and then came back to my place so we could go
swimming.Of course with all of the rain
we have had these past few days, the swimming only lasted 5 minutes.To go to lunch and shopping, we took my car –
my awesome and fast Mustang.It is
definitely not a mom car.Since Morgan
is still required to ride in a child’s seat in vehicles, it looked completely
out of place in my car – kind of threw off my car’s ‘cool’ character.But she did have fun riding in it and loved
the sound of my engine as much as I do.The fact that she wanted to hear the engine be loud as much as I do was
pretty dang amazing and funny. (Side note - I told Amy when she
was pregnant with Morgan that Morgan was going to take after me to some extent.Her liking my car’s engine and other factors over
the past 6 years have proved my prediction to be true.Hehe!)
Oh, Morgan was so excited about coming up to see me, she woke up at 5am
that morning.Amy did not plan on
leaving their house until 9:30a.It is
nice to be loved and wanted!J

About Me

I am happily married and work full-time in the personal lines insurance industry. Hubby and I eloped to Las Vegas in May 2009 and then became dog parents in January 2010. Dog takes up quite a bit of time but he is goofy and so much fun.

My early years were made of riding horses and competing in various events in rodeos. That was a great way to grow up. Hubby and I moved to Atlanta in 2007. I really enjoyed living in the city and all of the exciting things you can do here; then we moved in 2014 to NC and now live in the out in country. Quite a different pace of life to say the least!